Leads
Prof. Champica Bodinayake
Head- Duke Ruhuna Collaborative Research Centre, Professor in Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ruhuna
Prof. Gayani Tillekeratne
Associate Professor at the Duke Global Health Institute, Adjunct Professor in Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ruhuna
Prof. Truls Ostbye
Professor of Family Medicine Community Health, Research Professor of Global Health, Professor in Population Health Sciences, Duke-NUS, Singapore
Prof. Ajith Nagahawatte
Former Head- Duke Ruhuna Collaborative Research Centre, professor of Microbiology, University of Ruhuna, Adjunct Professor of Global HealthLeads Infectious Diseases
Prof. Christopher Woods
Executive Director in Hubert-Yeargan Center for Global Health, Professor in Medicine, Global Health, Chief in Infectious Diseases Division, Durham VA Medical CenterLeads Community Medicine
Prof. Vijitha de Silva
Professor in Department of Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ruhuna, Adjunct Professor of Duke Global Health Institute, Duke UniversityLeads Research Laboratory
Dr. Subodha Wickramasinghe
Head and Senior Lecturer of Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ruhuna
Dr. Bradly Nicholson
Director in Molecular Epidemiology Research Laboratory, VA Medical Center, Duke UniversityLead Administrative Staff (Duke)
Mr. Edward (Jamie) Mills
Administrative Director of Duke Global Health InstituteStatistician (Duke)
Armstrong Mbi Obale (From 2023)
Research Analyst I at the Hubert-Yeargan Center for Global HealthAdministrative Staff (Ruhuna)
Dr. Ruvini Kurukulasooriya (From 2011)
Senior Research Scientist (Grade I), Ph.D. in Molecular Microbiology- University of Ruhuna
Ms. Anuththara Kariyawasam
Project Manager (Grade II), BSc Honours in Agriculture, Specialized in Biotechnology, Wayamba University of Sri Lanka
Ms. Kavindya Wickramasekara (From 2018)
Data Manager (Grade I), BA in Social Sciences- Open University of Sri Lanka (reading)
Mr. Buddhika Dilshan (From 2020)
Laboratory Research Manager (Grade I), MSc in Agricultural Microbiology- University of Colombo
Ms. S. A. Weerasinghe (From 2023)
Research Scientist (Grade II), MSc in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology-University of Colombo
Ms. Jayani Gamage (From 2023)
Laboratory Research Manager (Grade II), BSc in Microbiology, Chemistry, and Botany, Bangalore, India
Dr. Bhagya Senadheera (From 2023)
Statistician, PhD in Computing (Bioinformatics)- University of Colombo
Ms. Senani Wasana (From 2023)
Data Manager (Grade II), Bachelor of Business Management-University of Kelaniya
Mr. S L P Evin (From 2025)
Research Scientist (Grade II), Master's in Medical Statistics(Reading) -University of KelaniyaCurrent Research Assistants
Dr. Binuri De Silva
Research Assistant, Pre-Intern Doctor, MBBS, University of Ruhuna
Ms. R. Y. W. B. Jayadeepa
Research coordinator, BSc(Hons) in Nursing, University of Ruhuna